Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 film that took home 8 Academy Awards. The overall film is great and one of Director Danny Boyle’s greatest accomplishments.

The film is set in India, and follows a young man as he attempts to win the one million dollar prize; on the Indian version of “Who wants to be a Millionaire?” As the young man inches closer to the ultimate prize, the film shows how the events of his life have prepared him for the show and provided him with the knowledge needed to answer the tough questions.

Of course, mixed in there is a young Indian woman that he is in love with and wants to be with.

The film is great and we recommend you watch it, even if you think this is not one of those films that you would like. It is that good.

Budget: $15 million
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring:
Dev Patel
Saurabh Shukla
Anil Kapoor
Raj Zutshi
Freida Pinto

Sunshine is a movie about a crew of astronauts sent to our dying sun so they can detonate a bomb in order to restart it. Back on Earth, people are dying in a nuclear winter – resulting from the heat loss. This is a good film. It received decent reviews, but for some reason it didn’t gain traction with audiences in the theaters and on DVD.

The plot thickens when the crew, almost to the sun, realize they have discovered an earlier ship that was sent to carry out the same mission 6 years earlier. The first ship, almost made it to the sun when something went wrong. The crew at this point takes it upon themselves to go and check the first ship before completing their mission. This decision, begins the end for the crew and their mission.

If you get a chance and are a sci-fi buff, Sunshine is a great film to watch with awesome visual effects.

Budget: $50 million
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring:
Cliff Curtis
Chipo Chung
Cillian Murphy
Rose Byrne
Mark Strong
Chris Evans